#‘my talents are being wasted’

[mimi-noelle]

Crosshair: will you please let me shoot someone

Omega: only in an emergency

Later…

Omega: we are now in an emergency

Crosshair: thank god

[cairafea]

he makes this joke every time.

[jonathanbyersphd]

Down on the West Coast

[chameleonwritess]

I feel like I’ve seen a couple of people being a little disappointed at Eichi still talking about how he admires Wataru and idolises him (aka I made a Twitter account just to keep track of the tour translations and was subjected to Twitter opinions for the first time) and at first I sort of agreed, but then I thought about it more.

I think, if anything, Wataru would find it comforting that Eichi still views him like that, in the same way that the inverse impression (Mrs Hidaka’s belittling) is comforting too. Wataru fears rejection and as somewhat relieving as he may find someone who doesn’t deem him a natural genius already high above any level anyone around can reach putting him down for once, his fear of rejection that’s the reason he keeps up endless facades is probably going to rear its head there.

Anyway, the point I was actually trying to make here before I got carried away is that to still frequently hear that Eichi, who’s known him for a long time and seen many different sides of Wataru- has seen beneath the mask, witnessed unpleasant situations, misunderstood and rejected him himself- still adores and admires him is probably an endless relief and reassurance. No matter what version of ‘himself’ he tries to discover or enact, Eichi still looks at him with wonder. He’s safe from rejection with Eichi.

Idk, just having wataei thoughts. And of course intense feelings about Wataru’s mindset. The usual :) edit: just read this back and it’s barely comprehensible but i am too tired to edit it so good luck

[technicallyfriendly]

Early stages of lucemond from Aemond's POV told by the lyrics of Crime Scene by Eve to Adam:

[james-spooky]

this is a test

[alchemiclee]

been looking in tags for a few days now to see if anyone else found the whole high cloud quintet and related story to be a bit.....poorly written, nonsensical, contradictory, full of plot holes and loose ends, etc. apparently i'm not the only one. (and i'm not even talking about shipping stuff, because any time I saw someone mad about bad writing, someone always replies to be homophobic and laugh about failed ships. weirdos.) it could have been so good but was thrown into the garbage for the most part (IF you noticed all the plot holes and contradiction. if not, then it's a fine enough story tbh. I expect most people to see it on surface level and not read all the little hidden lore bits and try to piece it together like my autistic brain did. which is ok! enjoy it if you liked it and ignore me 😆)

[sherlock-is-ace]

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[no1ryomafan]

hate ever since I finished giant robo yesterday my train of thought hasn’t been a critical analysis of what I consumed despite acknowledging both the show’s strengths and weaknesses and instead going back to my Imagawa Armageddon drama conspiracy board and going “okay no way in fuck he didn’t have Kei as Genki planned after the fucking family drama plot line in giant robo being similar to what we got in arma and it’s likely that the team got away with this idea after he left because they might’ve been in production for ep 4 but had to rewrite it and the show after onwards to fit the new direction”

or in simpler terms my brain activates “how do I make this about getter robo”

[snow-and-saltea]

i know that in media you're constrained with things like budget, time slots and stuff, but sometimes i'm just like. my god. the insane shortcuts people take to write "smart / intelligent" characters, especially in plot-heavy stories, always pisses me off. they write them like they're sherlock holmes (bbc version, derogatory) but they fail to realise that even sherlock holmes (arthur conan doyle) was written with a lot of thought, suffered his own subconscious prejudices and had to learn from mistakes.

i guess what i'm trying to get at is—"smart" people don't magically get good at things overnight, the only difference between them and others is how much they're willing to go through to hone their mental acuity. which means when they try something new, they're going to make obvious mistakes, not understand how things work beyond the surface level, and make mistakes in judgements (like when you don't understand something well enough, your analogies and metaphors aren't 100% accurate or concise).

but it feels like there's a assumption hanging over our heads that, as readers, we don't WANT to see the smart one go through the entire nitty gritty of the learning process. we just want to see them do cool things, piece the puzzle together with a flourish, and clap our hands at the end. and in some parts, yes! that is what i want to see! but i am also interested in how they pieced it together. the joy of mysteries is, to me, that everyone is exposed to the same pieces of information, and we're given the chance to try to piece it ourselves. but then the smart character comes along and interprets those pieces of information in a not-obvious way to us, and it's cool!! years of living with a mind that is primed to turn things over in their head, to make sense of things, reveals to us how differently we experience the same reality, and it's wonderful. i'm able to learn from someone who sees life differently than me, and interpret information differently than me!

but right now i'm often left out feeling flat and confused in the mystery-type plots i've seen. the smart person will have been exposed to information we didn't even get the chance to see and interpret, and then they piece things together and everyone in the story claps their hands at the artificial pedestal that's been propped up under that character's feet. explanations of in-setting magic that can be retconned in and out at any point in time, so there's no logical consistency for us to nitpick or understand, so there's no basis to stand on that the story should be taken seriously. plot twists that make no sense as a gotcha. so many things!!

like. this particular example just my beef with g*nshin, so ignore it if you don't agree or smth. but the use of red herrings in the stories piss me off. the red herrings are either too obvious or nonexistent. they always use some random guy acting suspiciously and have the other characters react to it, as if we can't understand it on our own? but like. these red herrings, in the real world, aren't even red herrings. sometimes people just "act suspiciously" just by virtue of being human, not because they're complicit in some bigger overarching plot. sometimes people just stutter because of their anxious disposition, not to hide a guilty conscience. sometimes people are just defensive and irritable because they're a defensive and irritable person, it doesn't mean they're the ""bad guy"" who you need to crack down on and interrogate even further, especially if there's literally nothing that indicates this character is guilty other than their outward appearances.

but like. the smart characters/protagonist almost never get proven wrong. the stutterer was guilty all along and they're just a bad liar. the defensive guy is selfish and obnoxious, they're defensive because they're hiding something, not because it's a natural reaction on having one's sense of privacy and personal space violated.

the game sure loves trying to do nuance with "not everyone is 100% good or bad, we're all Flawed" but they can't put their money where their mouth is. everyone who is not guilty acts in completely transparent and "good" ways. everyone who is guilty acts in completely opaque and "suspicious" / "bad" ways. end of story. how the hell am i supposed to think anyone in this game is smart when they don't even have to use their brain to sift through, critique, weigh and interpret information? what use is there to do so? just use your eyes and ears. the stutterer is nervous for hiding a secret. the anxious is guilty. the angry is scornful.

there's also another rant here about how g*nshin fucking sucks at writing unique and flawed characters, because they like to make everyone the Specialest Guy In The World, but that's for another day.

[girlbob-boypants]

Devastating to learn we're getting multiple articles from that game informer author who can't set a scene and relies entirely on telling the plot play by play to structure an article

[subconsciousmysteries]

love my bf love my life but that one song by Corey Taylor gives me war flashbacks to all the 48 combos I've loved before and I secretly listen to it sometimes when I'm bored with healthiness and I want to feel pain again

[actualhumansunshine]

Niall Horan for Rolling Stone UK

[widevibratobitch]

incredible how pathetically starved for a single kind word a bitch can be lmao

[dragonpaint]

sees nice art of two characters who are related. they're holding hands and i want to give it the benefit of doubt that it's just artist showing their sibling love or something. i check tags just to make sure it's not tagged as inc*st. it's tagged with inc*st.

[crowley1990]

I think reading the Feminine Mystique has made me say I gotta work harder at something. I have to have goals and ambitions.